Today:  Sunny with a high near 79.  Northwest winds 15 MPH gusting to as high as 25 MPH.

Tonight:  Clear with a low a low around 42.

Sunday:  Sunny with a nigh near 75.

Sunday night:  Clear with a low around 47.

Monday:  Sunny with a high around 83.

Tuesday:  Sunny with a high near 91.

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ST. LOUIS (AP) – The worst drought in the United States in decades may already have done its damage to the nation’s corn crop now being harvested. But growers say their soybeans may turn out far better. Near Coulterville in southwestern Illinois, Dean Campbell concedes that Tropical Storm Isaac’s remnants “blessed us with some water.” But that won’t save his 900-acre corn crop that’s averaging just about one-tenth of his normal yield with harvesting less than halfway done.  But he says he expects “a reasonable crop” from his still-maturing 1,100 acres of soybeans.

Near Corning, Iowa, Ray Gaesser got nothing from Isaac for his 3,000 acres of corn, which he foresees producing about 60 to 70 percent of normal. But he believes his soybeans could yield some 90 percent of what he’s typically get.

359 AM CDT FRI SEP 7 2012

TODAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON THEN BECOMING MOSTLY SUNNY. BREEZY…COOLER. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING. SHOWERS LIKELY BEFORE NOON…THEN ISOLATED SHOWERS EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH IN THE LOWER 70S. NORTH WIND 15 TO 20 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 60 PERCENT.

TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. COLDER. LOW IN THE LOWER 40S. NORTHWEST WIND 5 TO 15 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH THROUGH MIDNIGHT.

SATURDAY…SUNNY. HIGH IN THE MID 70S. NORTHWEST WIND 5 TO 15 MPH.

SATURDAY NIGHT…CLEAR. LOW IN THE UPPER 40S. NORTH WIND NEAR 10 MPH.

SUNDAY…SUNNY. HIGH AROUND 80. NORTH WIND NEAR 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON.

SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOW IN THE LOWER 50S. HIGH IN THE LOWER 80S.

MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOW IN THE LOWER 60S. HIGH

IN THE UPPER 80S.

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352 AM CDT THU SEP 6 2012

TODAY…SUNNY. HIGH IN THE MID 80S. SOUTHEAST WIND 5 TO 15 MPH.

TONIGHT…THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY. LOW AROUND 60. SOUTHEAST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 60 PERCENT.

FRIDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. BREEZY…COOLER. HIGH IN THE LOWER 70S. NORTH WIND 10 TO 20 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 40 PERCENT.

FRIDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. COOLER. LOW IN THE MID 40S. NORTH WIND 5 TO 15 MPH.

SATURDAY…SUNNY. HIGH IN THE MID 70S. NORTHWEST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.

SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOW IN THE LOWER 50S. HIGH IN THE UPPER 70S.

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Wed., Sept. 5th 2012 – from the National Weather Service in Des Moines…

Early this morning: Mostly cloudy with isolated thunderstorms. Low in the upper 60s. South wind 5 to 10 mph.

Today: Mostly sunny. Not as warm. High in the lower 80s. West wind 10 to 15 mph shifting to the north in the afternoon. Gusts up to 25 mph.
Tonight: Mostly clear. Cooler. Low in the lower 50s. North wind near 10 mph.

Thursday: Mostly sunny. High in the lower 80s. Southeast wind near 10 mph.
Thursday Night: Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of thunderstorms. Low in the upper 50s. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph.

Friday: Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of thunderstorms. Breezy. High in the lower 70s.
Friday Night: Mostly cloudy. Low in the lower 50s.

Saturday And Saturday Night: Mostly clear. High in the lower 70s. Low in the upper 40s.

The Fire Danger Index will remain in the “Extreme” category in Shelby County, at least until the next update, on Thursday. Emergency Management Coordinator Bob Seivert says field work is beginning in the County, and there are typically three or four combine fires each harvest season. Seivert says while the short grasses have greened-up thanks to recent rainfall, the major fuel source for explosive fire growth…corn, beans, and tall grasses.. continue to dry-up due to the sunshine and wind.

Extra precautions should be taken while farmers are out in the field, to ensure their machines are free of debris and that fires are not started behind those implements while the harvest is underway.

Counties: CRAWFORD-CARROLL-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON

551 AM CDT TUE SEP 4 2012 National Weather Service/DesMoines

TODAY AND TONIGHT: THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY LATE AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING ACROSS WESTERN IOWA. THESE STORMS WILL SPREAD EAST OVERNIGHT WITH A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE AS THEY PASS THROUGH IOWA. THE MAIN THREAT AT THIS TIME WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF LARGE HAIL AS WELL.